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Nordfab Ducting has expanded it manufacturing and production capacity at its facility in Leeds, England, that will allow the company to provide faster delivery on a wider range of products to customers in the United Kingdom. To promote the expanded capacity and introduce Nordfab products to...

Specialty chemicals group Lanxess AG is underpinning its long-term growth strategy in the BRIC countries with two acquisitions in Asia.
Lanxess subsidiary Lanxess India Private Ltd will acquire the chemical businesses and assets of stock market-listed Indian company Gwalior Chemical Industries...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than one million workers suffer back injuries every year and three out of four injuries occur while workers are lifting. Summit Training Source introduces Manual Material Handling Safety to train employees on the best safety practices to use while...

Martin Engineering, a leading international supplier of systems and services to improve the handling of bulk materials, has released the fourth edition of its FOUNDATIONS Book, the seminal work on improving belt conveyors by controlling fugitive material.
Subtitled “The Practical Resource...

QComp Technologies Inc., a leading robotics integrator, has announced that it has signed Babush Material Handling Systems of Sussex, WI as its newest distributor of palletizing equipment. As QComp’s newest authorized distributor, Babush will add the QComp Compact Lean Palletizer (CLP) to its...

Intertek, a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has announced that it has been selected as the independent testing laboratory by the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) to provide testing for the SEI Fall Protection Certification Program to ANSI/ASSE and CAN/CSA standard...

Spiroflow Systems Inc. has shipped a 30-ft-tall vertical mobile aero-mechanical conveyor (AMC), the tallest custom mobile unit ever manufactured by the company, to RATH Refractories Inc. in Milledgeville, GA.
The AMC is in the process of being installed at where...

Part two of Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems’ “Basics of Size Reduction” Webinar will take place June 30 at 2:00 p.m. EDT and focus on selecting the best mechanism for desired size range and material.
The Webinar will be a brief presentation on the basic principles of size...

The American Filtration & Separations Society is hosting its fourth Bi-Annual Emissions Solutions in Transportation Conference in Ann Arbor, MI, October 6-8, 2009. The Conference has two separate tracks with short courses Monday, October 5 dealing with the basics of air and liquid filtration as...

According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC), as measured by a three-month moving average, U.S. chemical production rose by 0.1% in April, following a 0.6% gain in March. Chemical production rose in five of seven regions during April. To smooth month-to-month fluctuations, the chemical...